my teeth: update number 5

well as some of you may know as of yesterday i no longer have braces! my teeth seem pretty good except for the discoloration of the one 'dead' tooth, but on tuesday that may be fixed. dr. ball, my endodontist, may begin a bleaching treatment to match the color of my other teeth. i'll know more as of tuesday. here are some pictures from this whole ordeal:

this is from right before i had the braces put on.

and this is today:


so thank you to all of you have supported me through this whole ordeal. have a lovely weekend much love and peace, dmaloney

my teeth: update number 4

so it's monday and that means i was at some type of dentist. today i visited the orthodontist who think that it would be best to do a root canal as soon as possible. so next tuesday i'll have a root canal. the belief of the orthodontist is that all the luck has been on our side so far and if i get out of this with only one root canal i should start playing the lottery. ha-ha! i'm not to upset besides the fact that i still can't eat anything super solid. oh and at least two more weeks before i resume softball and band. i'm getting there. and as dory, from finding nemo, would say 'just keep swimming'. much love and peace, dmaloney

my teeth: update number 3

today marks the two week anniversary since i got the braces on. that day two weeks ago i visited the endodontist who told me that my teeth were still vital. he had different news today. he told me that one tooth looks darker and that it is still kind of alive. it takes longer to respond to cold but it isn't dead. he thinks that a root canal could be down the road, but he'll see me in six weeks and tell me what's going on. my mom was upset when she found out, but i'm not super upset. i figured this would come. but i can't decide whether i'm not upset because i'm numb to all of this or if it's from my resolution to positivity and allowance to led God run the show.

lately, with the exclusion of the little children at the easter egg hunt, i've remained pretty positive throughout the lenten season. i've tried to avoid letting things get under my skin. and it's been nice. i just let everything roll off my back. i think you should try it. just think before you speak and take deep breaths. calm your anger. your negativity. and just relax.

i also think that lately i've tried to let God run the show and be happy with it. there are times where i won't always be pleased with the situation but that isn't going to keep it from happening. i just feel that we are way too negative way too often and that our negativity hinders are productivity. we stress. we attempt to fit 50 things into one minute. not everything can always be done. we just need to prioritize.

that's all i've got for today. i'm looking for job suggestions so feel free to shoot me an idea. thanks! much love and peace, dmaloney

my teeth: update number 2

today i visit the dentist who sent me to the orthodontist who sent me to the endodontist who sent me back to the orthodontist. after all this running around and x-rays at all the specialists the orthodontist decided to put braces on. along with an appliance so i can bite down comfortably. so i'm back to brace face. and absolutely no physical activity for one month. i'm also not allowed to play any instruments until the orthodontist clears me. it was a pretty crazy afternoon and evening, but i'm on my way to a long recovery.

dentist report: x-rays, the one tooth may have some nerve damage.

orthodontist: x-rays, pictures, mold for the appliance, visit the endodontist to check for viability on the two teeth.

endodontist: x-rays, cold temperature test, teeth are viable!!

orthodontist: put braces on, fit appliance, took more pictures.

so that was my monday. much love and peace, dmaloney

my teeth: update number 1

i'll give a solid post tomorrow hopefully after i visit the dentist. if you haven't seen or heard what's going on i'll fill you in.

saturday i took the sat's after i headed over to softball practice. we started warming up the pitchers and a couple minutes later i took a wrist flick to the mouth. fortunately my teeth didn't fall out and there not loose, but they did shift back. so tomorrow i'll visit the dentist so they can assess what can be made of this situation. i'll let you all know more as soon as i know.

prayers for a speedy and relatively pain-free recovery would be greatly appreciated. thank you to all! much love and peace, dmaloney

the paralyzing novocain

so today i made the unfortunate trip to the dentist to have a cavity filled. not exactly the way i would generally want to spend my monday afternoon, yet i suffered through. and as i sat there with a dentist and a hygienist peering into my mouth with a ten inch needle i couldn't help but think about our fears brought upon us psychologically. did the needle actually hurt? no. not really. yet i had already convinced myself that it was going to be painful. our fear is paralyzing. it's the most powerful emotion. it trumps all. my biggest fear is not being in control. so leads to a lot of other fears. i need to be in control. and i often tell myself that i can deal without being in control yet as soon as the time comes my fear kicks in. it's horrible. it's more than paralyzing. so what can we do to conquer fear? how can we kick fear out the back door? well, truth be told i don't have a true answer. the best advice i can give is to trust. have faith. was the trip to the dentist actually painful? did die by going on the roller coaster? did that spider kill you? no. no. and no. so ask yourself these questions the next time fear knocks on your door. just go for it. slam the door in fear's face and walk away. because you've won.

just for your information i don't look like this anymore. super plus!

quote of the day:

'fear is not the natural state of civilized people.' -aung san suu kyi

joke of the day:

Jim and Mary were both patients in a Mental Hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom and stayed there. Mary promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.

When the medical director became aware of Mary's heroic act he immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital as he now considered her to be mentally stable. When he went to tell Mary the news he said, "Mary, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged because since you were able to jump in and save the life of another patient, I think you've regained your senses. The bad news is Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but he's dead."

Mary replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry.

photo of the day:

prove fear wrong. much love and peace, dmaloney